#docs (2019-11)
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2019-11-06
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Was about to follow https://github.com/cloudposse/reference-architectures – is there an explanation for why this is required? Open a support ticket to request the limit of AWS accounts be increased for your organization (the default is 1).
Get up and running quickly with one of our reference architecture using our fully automated cold-start process. - cloudposse/reference-architectures
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by default I think you can create 2 accounts
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maybe they have increased the limits
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also, if you get stuck @dalekurt has just gone through this
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and learned A LOT
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@dalekurt has joined the channel
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I haven’t hit a limit yet with AWS accounts under our org
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maybe aged accounts are different
2019-11-12
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Nope, new accounts have 4 max sub-accounts w/o upping the limit. Spin up control tower and you immediately lose 2, leaving 2 sub-accounts. Spin up the 3rd and Control Tower shows the very helpful “Internal Error”. Work UI design I’ve ever seen